Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)

It took God six days to create the heavens and the earth...and Monty Python ninety minutes to screw it up.

  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release Date: 1983-03-31
  • User Rating: 7.3/10 from 1874 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 47min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Celandine Films
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Terry Jones
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Summary

Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.

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  • Terry Gilliam

    as Various Roles

  • Graham Chapman

    as Various Roles

  • John Cleese

    as Various Roles

  • Eric Idle

    as Various Roles

  • Terry Jones

    as Various Roles

  • Michael Palin

    as Various Roles

  • Carol Cleveland

    as Various Roles

  • Simon Jones

    as Cedric

  • Patricia Quinn

    as Mrs. Williams

  • Judy Loe

    as Nurse #1

  • Andrew Bicknell

    as (Segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

  • Andrew MacLachlan

    as Groom

  • Mark Holmes

    as Severed head

  • Valerie Whittington

    as Mrs. Moore

  • Jennifer Franks

    as Bride

  • Imogen Bickford-Smith

    as Nurse #2

  • Angela Mann

    as Second guest's wife

  • Sydney Arnold

    as Pirate Captain (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

  • Guy Bertrand

    as Chief Executive (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

  • Matt Frewer

    as Cornered Executive who Jumps (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

  • Michael Caine

    as British Soldier (uncredited) (segment "Fighting Each Other")

  • Barrie Holland

    as Teacher At Rugby Match (uncredited)

  • Jane Leeves

    as Dancer (uncredited)
Directing Terry Jones Director
Sound John Du Prez Original Music Composer
Production Debbie McWilliams Casting
Production Michelle Guish Casting
Art Harry Lange Production Design
Production John Goldstone Producer
Writing John Cleese Screenplay
Writing Eric Idle Screenplay
Writing Graham Chapman Screenplay
Writing Michael Palin Screenplay
Writing Terry Gilliam Screenplay
Writing Terry Jones Screenplay
Editing Julian Doyle Editor
Camera Peter Hannan Director of Photography
Camera Roger Pratt Director of Photography
Art Sharon Cartwright Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up James Acheson Costume Design
Production David Wimbury Production Manager
Art John Beard Art Direction
Art Richard Dawking Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Mary Hillman Makeup Department Head
Art Simon Wakefield Set Decoration
Crew Arlene Phillips Choreographer
Camera David Appleby Still Photographer

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